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The Kitchen Theatre to offer Acting and Playwriting Classes Brian Dykstra and Margarett Perry will teach classes in March 2009 http://canaaninstitute.org/mikesmusic/viewtopic.php?p=2364#2364
FLURRY CARPOOL — FORUM http://canaaninstitute.org/mikesmusic/viewtopic.php?p=2327#2327 If anyone else wants to POST carpool or roomshare info there, I’d be happy to - just email me! -m
Next Canaan Rd workshop Wed Feb 25th is for melody instruments by Kathy Selby but could include everyone depending on the topic we pick. Please send FEEDBACK to Mike or Kathy. Info here http://canaaninstitute.org/mikesmusic/viewtopic.php?t=705
Thu Feb 05 Long John & The Tights at The Pourhouse 19 West Main Street in Trumansburg, New York 14886 http://www.tburgpourhouse.com/ 7:00 pm
Thu Feb 05 The long-awaited return of COWBOY JUNKIES to Ithaca on February 5, 2009 http://canaaninstitute.org/mikesmusic/viewtopic.php?p=2163#2163
Fri Feb 06 Canadian Indie-pop band STARS will arrive in Ithaca at the State Theatre on Friday, February 6. This will be the first co-presentation between Dan Smalls Presents and both local colleges - The Cornell Concert Commission AND the Ithaca College Bureau of Concerts. It will be a sign of the solidarity that exists in the local music scene and all three organizations will share in the risk and responsibilities of presenting the show. http://canaaninstitute.org/mikesmusic/viewtopic.php?p=2275#2275
Fri Feb 06 Contra Dance every Friday at Bethel Grove Community Center 8 pm $6- dance FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=31552309563 AND http://www.ludgatefarms.com/mus_dance.html — The Thrill Dogs w/ caller TBA. Waltz Jam 7 pm.
Fri Feb 06 Friday at Felicia’s with The Hogwashers www.myspace.com/thehogwashers 5:30-8:30 pm http://www.atomicloungeithaca.com/calendar.php — THE HOGWASHERS. Foot-tapping, thigh-slapping, whiskey-drinking, harmony-filled old time music with Steve Selin (fiddle), Jason Zorn (mandolin), Joe Damiano (banjo) and Mike Levy (bass). $2 Yuenglings, $4 Cosmos/Lychees/Bloodys, and $2.50 Drunken Dogs boiled with beer and topped with homemade ketchup, homemade mustard and homemade onion relish. No cover. www.myspace.com/thehogwashers
Fri Feb 06 Los Finsteros — The unique Ragrass, String to Swing band will perform Feb 6th Friday 9:00 pm to Midnight at: The Rongovian Embassy 1 W. Main St., Trumansburg, NY 607.387.3334 www.LOSFINSTEROS.com and www.rongo.com
Fri Feb 06 Small Kings - Acoustic Duo Smooth harmonies, rock, pop and bluegrass 7-9pm at Dryden Community Center Cafe, One West Main Street, 607.844.1500 Dryden, NY www.drydencafe.org
Fri Feb 06 Syracuse — LOST TIME performs at May Memorial. Featuring rich harmony singing, clean picking and dazzling instrumentals, Lost Time has become a central part of the bluegrass scene in upstate New York. http://canaaninstitute.org/mikesmusic/viewtopic.php?p=2359#2359
Fri Feb 06 Yardvarks at the Pourhouse, 7-10 pm: Latest medical reports have lead singer Tom Farrell fighting off a flu and not in his usual voice but that’s good because maybe he will play more of his delicious guitar. The Pourhouse on Friday in February? It doesn’t get any cozier than that.
Sat Feb 07 Contra Dance — Syracuse Country Dancers http://www.syracusecountrydancers.org/ Contra Dance — David Smukler calling to music by Rick Manning and Tom Hodgson.
Sat Feb 07 John Specker in concert — http://www.myspace.com/thespeckers concert sponsored by the Cornell Folk Song Society http://www.cornellfolksong.org/ http://canaaninstitute.org/mikesmusic/viewtopic.php?p=2340#2340 BLOG article http://canaaninstitute.org/mikesmusicblog/?p=825
Sat Feb 07 Mudbone at the Pourhouse in Trumansburg. Music starts around 7-ish and goes til 10 or 11-ish. This is a great place with really good food, so stop in for dinner, or drinks, or both! Directions: http://www.tburgpourhouse.com http://www.myspace.com/mudbonerocks Mudbone is: Monica & Dan Pritchard • Rob VanVleet • Andy Russell • Todd Edmonds • Dan Lashkoff
Sat Feb 07 Old Time Square Dance Night at Close Hall is Feb 7th 8:00 pm Music by the Hogwashers. Nancy Spero calling. Details here http://canaaninstitute.org/mikesmusic/viewtopic.php?p=2271#2271
Sat Feb 07 Pamela Goddard singing traditional songs for winter and romance, at Standing Stone Vineyards It’s Seneca Lake’s Wine and Chocolate weekend! Stop in for some sweet treats and beat cabin fever. Saturday, Feb. 7th 1-3pm
Sat Feb 07 Swing Dance with Live Music — The Ithaca Swing Dance Network and Cornell Swing Dance Club are proud to present Diana Leigh & Crazy Rhythm at a swing dance on Saturday, February 7, at the Memorial Room, Willard Straight Hall, on the Cornell campus in Ithaca, from 8:30 PM to midnight. Hailing from Ithaca, NY, Diana Leigh & Crazy Rhythm serve up swing as hot as it comes and blues as cool as you like it: from the Duke to Dinah Washington. The band features Diana, with her silvery, powerful voice and some of the area’s finest musicians. A “dancers’ band”, Diana Leigh & Crazy Rhythm have enchanted dancers in throughout the Northeast. Admission is $10 for adults and $8 for seniors (60+) and students. There will be an introductory swing lesson at 7:30 as part of the admission. ISDN Volunteers will be recognized in the first break. Ithaca Swing Dance Network is a not-for-profit organization run by dancers for dancers! www.cornell.edu/maps/ www.ithacaswing.org
Sat Feb 07 SYR — Kambuyu Marimba Ensemble will be performing at the Mundy Branch Library this Saturday, February 7th, from 2-3 pm! http://canaaninstitute.org/mikesmusic/viewtopic.php?p=2363#2363
Sat Feb 07 The Ithaca Festival 2009 is proud to announce its third annual Paint-Off, a live-action painting event featuring 25 local artists who will each strive to create a unique masterpiece within the span of just one hour! The event will be held on February 7 in the atrium of Center Ithaca. Doors will open at 7:00, and the painting will begin at 7:30 sharp. Food and drink will be provided with the $15 ticket ($8 for ages 13-17, 12 and under free) and the evening will include live folk-chamber music from Ti Ti Chickapea (featuring Hank Roberts, Eric Aceto, and Richie Stearns). The evening will be hosted by the exuberant Peggy Haine, and will culminate with a live auction and raffle. Raffle tickets win you the oppurtunity to take home one of many masterpieces for only $10, or 2 for $15. Five paintings will be selected by a panel of celebrity judges, these special pieces will be auctioned off directly after the raffle. Bid on your favorite! http://canaaninstitute.org/mikesmusic/viewtopic.php?p=2353#2353
Sat Feb 07 VESTAL — Cabin Fever Concert at the Vestal Library. Curt Osgood, Hope Grietzer and Jim MacWilliams, present a lively program of fiddle tunes and singing songs garnered from the Appalachin old-time, French Canadian, New England, and Celtic repertoires. With strong harmony vocals and instrumentation featuring fiddle, hammered dulcimer, clawhammer banjo, and guitar. Come join us for a rare local concert appearance! Cabin Fever Concert 7-9pm Vestal Public Library, Vestal Pkwy, Vestal, NY — Free For info- 607 754 4244 Sponsored by Friends of the Vestal Public Library
Sun Feb 08 Cornell Concert Series presents the Juilliard String Quartet on February 8, at 3PM, at Bailey Hall
Sun Feb 08 Juilliard String Quartet will grace the stage of Cornell University’s Bailey Hall on Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 3:00pm. Violinists Joel Smirnoff and Ronald Copes, violist Samuel Rhodes, and cellist Joel Krosnick will present four of Franz Joseph Haydn’s Op. 20 “Sun” Quartets, a selection commemorating the 200th anniversary of Haydn’s death. http://canaaninstitute.org/mikesmusic/viewtopic.php?p=2341#2341
Sun Feb 08 LONG JOHN AND THE TIGHTS on WVBR’S Bound for Glory — Old Timey mountain music at its best, music to get your toes tapping. Most of the members of Long John and the Tights are familiar to Bound for Glory audiences, because they live around Ithaca, but this is actually the first time that this particular band has played the show. Traditional music to warm up a Winter’s night. Sunday night 8 to 11 pm live sets at 8:30, 9:30, and 10:30 pm at Anabel Taylor Hall on Cornell Campus Ithaca NY - FREE - Kids are always welcome. Refreshments are available. Broadcast live at WVBR-FM, 93.5 and 105.5, also web stream http://wvbr.com Presented by long-time host Phil Shapiro.
Sun Feb 08 Maxie’s has live music every TUE and SUN 6-10 pm http://www.maxies.com/events.html
Sun Feb 08 Mudbone is really pleased to be playing at a benefit for Cameron Vorhis on Sunday afternoon 2/8 at Castaways in Ithaca. Cameron recently had open heart surgery and isn’t covered by health benefits. Come on out so we can show Cameron and his family some love in these hard times. Castaways and the family will be providing food, and music starts at 4 pm Band line up: Mudbone 4pm Danno & The Getters 5pm 505 Blues 6pm http://www.myspace.com/mudbonerocks Mudbone is: Monica & Dan Pritchard • Rob VanVleet • Andy Russell • Todd Edmonds • Dan Lashkoff
Sun Feb 08 Radio London at Oasis (formerly Common Ground) 4-7 pm — The name of the venue has changed and so has the decor (it’s a lovely renovation) but some things will always be, and one of them is the annual Hawaiian Beach Bash in this club featuring Radio London. Beachwear welcome and dancing shoes are non-negotiable. As usual the group features the legendary Neal Massa on keyboards and this time out the most appropriately named Mark Party on drums.
Sun Feb 08 Sunday at Felicia’s with Jennie Lowe (Stearns), Emily Arin, Chris Seeds www.jenniestearns.com 7 pm http://www.atomicloungeithaca.com/calendar.php — Songwriters in the round …. Jennie Lowe (Stearns) is a classic American songwriter. By turns heartbreaking and hopeful, Jennie’s songs are evocative, poignant and haunting. Quintessentially human. Her strong yet intimate vocal style and the vivid imagery portrayed by her lyrics gently draw the listener into her world. Despite the often sombre mood, you’ll find yourself strangely at one with her perspective. www.jenniestearns.com. A Los Angeles native, Emily Arin recently migrated to upstate New York to settle into small town living for a while. She has already carved a place for herself in Ithaca with her sweet smile, her talented songwriting and her moody, lyrical songs. www.emilyarin.com. Chris seeds is from Brooklyn,and his music has a Graham Parson’s feel.
Mon Feb 09 Open Jam - Dance tunes and singing at the Scale House Brewery in the Small Mall 23 Cinema Dr Ithaca NY - Every Monday 7-9 pm DETAILS http://canaaninstitute.org/mikesmusic/viewtopic.php?p=1969#1969
Mon Feb 09 Swingin’ to the Blues Jam - Dancing to live music - Blues, R&B & swing music with the live band blues jam! 2nd Mondays: 9-12am The Nines, 311 College Ave, Ithaca, NY West Coast, Lindy, Jitterbug, and just mess around social dancing to great live music! $4 cover
Mon Feb 09 Swingin’ to the Blues Jam - Dancing to live music - Blues, R&B & swing music with the live band blues jam! 2nd Mondays: 9-12am The Nines, 311 College Ave, Ithaca, NY West Coast, Lindy, Jitterbug, and just mess around social dancing to great live music! $4 cover
Mon Feb 09 Three Girls and their Buddy tour to visit Ithaca February 9th - FEATURING: EMMYLOU HARRIS, PATTY GRIFFIN, SHAWN COLVIN, and BUDDY MILLER! This is an astounding lineup of performers and we at Dan Smalls Presents couldn’t be happier that we have been selected as a presenter for a date on this year’s tour. Tickets will go on sale Friday, November 21st at 10AM at the State Theatre Box Office, 105 West State Street in Ithaca, NY, online at stateofithaca.com, or by calling 800.919.6272. There are three price levels: Gold Circle -$68.00 plus theatre restoration surcharge, $51.00 plus theatre restoration surcharge and $41.00 plus theatre restoration surcharge. MORE DETAILS http://canaaninstitute.org/mikesmusic/viewtopic.php?p=2181#2181
Tue Feb 10 Maxie’s has live music every TUE and SUN 6-10 pm http://www.maxies.com/events.html — Special Guest Jack Magee, from Magee, MS will be playing with Richie Stearns, Steve Selin and other members of Evil City Stringband. Jack is in town to record a CD of Mississippi fiddle tunes with Richie, Steve and Ben! Great fun!
Tue Feb 10 Nate and Kate TUES, Feb 10th at 8pm “Homebrew” on WICB, 91.7 fm Central-NY’s airwaves, & wicb.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH7trJVzYV0 Nate & Kate www.cdbaby.com/cd/natekate and www.myspace.com/nateandkatemusic
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